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- Set up and populate your SaaS stack
- How Sastrify provides 24/7 coverage of your stack
- Integrate your ERP & Accounting software with Sastrify
- Tool Discovery via SSO (Single Sign-On) integrations
- Defining Renewal Dates & Setting Renewal Reminders
- Assign and modify Tool Owners
- Upload your SaaS documents into Sastrify
- Sastrify App Support: Assistance at your Fingertip
- Roll out Sastrify across your organization
- Sastrify's Commitment to Security and Privacy Standards
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- Using Google Workspace SSO for Tool Discovery
- Use Discovered Page to detect active subscriptions
- Tools and Spend Importer: Easily Upload and Visualize Data in Sastrify
- Add Sastrify App to your Slack workspace
- Manually add a new tool subscription
- Bulk upload of SaaS invoices
- Forward your SaaS documents via email
- Change notification preferences
- Maximizing the benefits of the Overview page
- Manage activities and collaborate using custom tasks
- Task Automation: Streamline the creation of routine tasks
- Archive or delete inactive subscriptions
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- Understanding Renewal Statuses & Actions
- Using Procurement Initiatives for Organizing New Purchases & Renewals
- Get Pricing Benchmarks through Sastrify
- Workflows: Automate procurement processes with consistency
- Form Component Guide for Sastrify Form Builder
- Vendor Insights: Tool-specific information at your fingertips
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- Utilize Usage Analytics for full usage visibility
- Integrate Pleo with Sastrify
- Validate and fine-tune spend data with the Spend feature
- How to connect Microsoft Dynamics
- How to connect Netsuite
- How to connect Quickbooks
- Import spend data from Candis to Sastrify
- Import spend data from Spendesk to Sastrify
- Import spend data from Pleo to Sastrify
- Import spend data from Moss to Sastrify
- Import spend data from DATEV to Sastrify
- Zoom Usage Analytics Integration Guide
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- Get Expert Procurement Support for New Purchases and Renewals
- Scope of Service: Custom Benchmarking & Contract Review
- Scope of Service: Negotiation & Renewal Support
- Scope of Service: Custom SaaS Optimization Advisory
- Purchase your SaaS through the SastriMarket
- Control your cloud costs with SastriCloud
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- ERP & Accounting Integration FAQs
- Discovery via SSO Integration FAQs
- Usage Analytics FAQs
- Tools and Spend Importer FAQs
- Invoices FAQs
- Achieved & Potential Savings FAQs
- What is SaaS and Sastrify's scope of work?
- Who can invite a new user?
- Who receives the renewal alerts or reminders?
- How does Sastrify work with currencies?
- Is the spend data from accounting export always up-to-date?
- How to work with benchmark prices
- When and how to involve Sastrify in a contract evaluation or negotiation?
- How does Sastrify interact with SaaS vendors?
- How do you handle confidentiality clauses in vendor contracts?
- Does Sastrify handle SaaS contract termination?
- Why is contract data essential for benchmarking and negotiation support?
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- Connecting your accounting software with Sastrify
- How to assign Tool Owners
- What Sastrify can do for Tool Owners
- How to set renewal dates
- How to set up a company-wide renewal reminder
- How to keep your tool stack updated
- How to set up, activate, and use a Workflow
- How to invite new users to Sastrify
- How to use Procurement Initiatives for new purchase & renewal
- How to collaborate using custom tasks
- Report issues and track procurement involvements
- Best Practices on how to work with Procurement Initiatives
- Get Pricing Benchmarks through Sastrify
- How to set up direct usage analytics integration
- How to set up SSO usage analytics integrations
- How to work with the Discovered tab
- How to use subscription tags
- How to perform budgeting using Sastrify
- Walk-through of the subscription detail page
What is SaaS and Sastrify's scope of work? Print
Modified on: Wed, 6 Mar, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Sastrify's service for your company comprises all procurement-related topics for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) tools and a part of your Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) providers.
IN THIS ARTICLE
- What is SaaS?
- The diversity of SaaS vendors
- What is in Sastrify's scope?
- Examples of tools or services that are not within Sastrify's scope of work
What is SaaS?
SaaS, or Software as a Service, is a cloud computing model that delivers software applications over the internet. Instead of users installing and maintaining software on their devices or servers, they can access the software through a web browser, paying for a subscription to use the service.
So, based on the definition above, SaaS can be boiled down to 3 basic core characteristics:
Cloud-based access: SaaS applications are centrally hosted in the cloud.
Shared infrastructure and seamless upgrades: SaaS uses a shared system that allows vendors to update applications centrally. This ensures that all customers receive the latest and most secure versions at the same time.
Subscription-based pricing: SaaS uses subscription models that typically ask customers to pay on a monthly or annual basis, with some pay-as-you-go options, aligning costs with the actual period of active application use.
The diversity of SaaS vendors
The SaaS market comprises a diverse array of software vendors and products. This landscape spans from small, single-product vendors to industry behemoths like AWS and Google.
SaaS products exhibit a wide range, encompassing everything from video streaming services to IT business analytics tools. The applications cater to fundamental business needs, covering areas such as email, sales management, customer relationship management (CRM), financial management, human resource management (HRM), billing, and collaboration.
A multitude of software categories exists, each with distinct features. SaaS products are often targeted at B2B, B2C, or both markets. Renowned examples of SaaS products encompass Salesforce, Google Workspace, Microsoft Office 365, HubSpot, Slack, Asana, and numerous others. These SaaS applications span a diverse array of business functions and industries.
What is in Sastrify's scope?
Sastrify covers a comprehensive range of SaaS tools across various categories. Our product and service are aimed to empower procurement, tech, and finance teams to secure optimal deals and mitigate risks during the procurement and renewal of SaaS subscriptions.
In addition to SaaS, Sastrify can also provide support on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) subscriptions, such as: AWS, GCP, and Microsoft Azure and work with our customers to efficiently manage their cloud spend under our offering called: SastriCloud.
Tips: You can use the company-wide Tool Store feature to explore different SaaS tools, including tools your company uses or new tools from our extensive database as well as a number of leading tools available via our SaaS Marketplace: SastriMarket.
Examples of tools or services that are not within Sastrify's scope of work
However, there are certain tools or services that fall outside the scope of Sastrify, including
- Mobile phone contracts like Vodafone or Telecom
- Internet provider services, including DSL or mobile broadband
- Job posting platforms like Indeed or Honeypot
- IT hardware
- Advertisement providers like Google Ads, Facebook Ads
- Website Domains
- Private subscriptions like Netflix or Spotify
- Subtitling or translation services that are available for a monthly fee, since there is an actual person behind the specific service provided to you
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